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Factors associated with hypertension awareness, treatment and control in rural Chinese

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  1. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

    G Dong

  2. Division of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

    Z Sun, L Zheng, X Zhang, C Xu & Y Sun

  3. Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Center, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

    J Li & D Hu

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Dong, G., Sun, Z., Zheng, L. et al. Factors associated with hypertension awareness, treatment and control in rural Chinese. J Hum Hypertens 22, 366–369 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1002303

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